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By Lucy Whyte
Senior school pupils are in the middle of sitting assessments which will decide their qualifications.
The original plan
image captionJohn Swinney announced the cancellation of exams last December
The system put in place to award grades for National 5s, Highers and Advanced Highers this year is called the Alternative Certification Model.
It was first created after Deputy First Minister John Swinney announced the cancellation of National 5 final exams, which are mostly sat in fourth year.
Then it was updated when Highers and Advanced Highers, which are sat in fifth and sixth year, were also cancelled in December last year.
Scots urged not to travel to Spain for non-urgent reasons such as holidays
UK business minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan said scientists still think there is too great a risk in travelling to amber list countries for non-urgent reasons such as holidays.
10:23, 24 MAY 2021
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